Which to use
“terms” is a noun and “teures” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,887
- “terms” frequency rank
- #19,415
- “teures” frequency rank
- 60302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terms | teures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs term | Nominativ Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer |
Letter map: terms vs teures
Shared letters muted; letters that set terms and teures apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for terms / teures
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: terms is anoun and teuresanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terms is recorded at frequency rank #40,887, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. teures is at rank #19,415, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁəs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60302, this pair ranks #792,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of terms vs teures
Shared letters: erst. Private to "terms": m. Private to "teures": u.
"terms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "teures" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "terms" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "teures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #792,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terms" and "teures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs terms". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #792,077 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.